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Can the expression fully booked be used metaphorically legitimately? "I'm fully booked " or "I'm booked up " is common usage A quick look around online suggests that it's common in British English than American but I don't think any of us "Yanks" would be confused or even momentarily surprised to hear it Originally, theaters and restaurants were booked and people were just busy but I think we can all be booked
Whats the proper usage of booking when you are being booked? @HotLicks Slightly different in the UK People don't get "booked" by the police - they get "pulled-in", as a result of which they may get "had up", (in court) But football referees "book" players, if they misbehave I can also say "we got booked to stay at the Fleapit Hotel without much trouble" –
Usage of booked on booked in and booked for? For example, I would say: "The room is booked for the course" but "the course is booked in the room" Saying "I'm booked on the course" sounds British to my ear, whereas "I'm booked in the course" sounds American "I'm booked for the course" to me implies that I can't take the course because I have a conflicting booking –
What is a word or phrase similar to sold out that I can use for a . . . The Cambridge Dictionary entry for the string 'fully booked' is more explicit It's an idiom; one can't use say 'fully reserved', though the verbs 'book' and 'reserve' overlap quite considerably It's an idiom; one can't use say 'fully reserved', though the verbs 'book' and 'reserve' overlap quite considerably
word usage - What does it mean by latest appointment? Does it mean . . . (It would normally only be used in that sense if somebody were fully booked—but a series of cancellations had happened ) Airline passengers, for instances, can wait for the either the most recently available seat or the latest available seat Only in this one sense do those words mean the same thing
Saying that the mail has an attached form filled up by me? Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
word choice - a person vs the person - English Language Usage . . . 1 1 1 1 They both work, but I think the would be far more common in this exact context – FumbleFingers Feb 23, 2015 at 21:25 I would use a to connote a general principle that applies to any client I would use the to emphasize a particular client or client type Without a larger context, I'm not sure exactly what the sentence is trying to
More formal way of saying: Sorry to bug you again about this, but . . . Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Is there a polite alternative to No thanks, Im full? Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
prepositions - Next Monday or on next Monday? - English Language . . . We cant use more than one prepositions at same time then it is better to use no Monday or next Monday in a sentence Hello, suresh 'Next' must be classed as a determiner (sequencing) here, if it must be classed at all It's better to treat 'next Monday' etc as being a fixed multi-word temporal adverbial